Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi

Re:Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship W... by GauntletWizard on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @12:50AM (#41442014)

Cisco Wifi Equipment has long had the ability to detect, and even "block", what they define as "Rogue" Wireless Networks. In fact, one of their clients landed in legal trouble for using such[1], and they have since dialed back said features to make it less misusable.

I'm surprised that on Navy Ships, they're not using something of the sort, if only of the "Stalker Prevention" variety; Their EWAR systems should be scanning for APs that show up for more than a few consecutive days when not in port.

[1] https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-15-146A1_Rcd.pdf

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Re:Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship W... by lxgr on Thursday September 05, 2024 @04:00PM (#41459942)

Wow, every time I think it can't possibly get worse with hotel/conference Wi-Fi...

Fortunately PMF, a mandatory part of WPA3 but also available on some WPA2 hardware, should make these types of attacks much harder.

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